Some of society's most intractable problems come not from its failures but from its successes. Often you can't get a good thing without paying a bad price. A prime example is our public old-age pension system Social Security.

Although "The Donald" has plenty of baggage, he is leading in polls. The GOP can have its fun. But remember the next election is a very serious thing, and with a Trump candidacy, the joke will be on us.

China and Russia have decided to renounce the U.S. dollar and want to use their own currencies for bilateral trade in an attempt to lodge a complaint about its mismanagement.

Despite critics' claims to the contrary, the upcoming lame-duck session will not be revolutionary, conspiratorial, or anti-democratic, but instead just more of the same, like its many predecessors.

Two upcoming special elections, in Illinois and Delaware, may offer Senate Republicans the power to oppose a lame-duck session and block the controversial measures that Democrats may try to enact with the votes of defeated or retiring politicians.

The group known as Acorn found itself at the center of a media storm last week, when two young filmmakers exposed the willingness of workers at several of its offices to offer assistance to a nascent prostitution ring.

But few inside Washington think Americans are concerned about sequestration. House Armed Services Committee Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Randy Forbes (R-Va.) wants to change that. He’s embarking on the “Defending Our Defenders” national tour to conduct installation oversight and hold local town-hall meetings to better understand the real impact of sequestration.

The world is becoming increasingly scary at the very time that the military will be facing 20% reductions. With each passing day, the world closes in; with each passing day, our ability to manage that world degrades.